OpenTopography Bulk Download

This resource provides bulk downloads of lidar point cloud data from datasets hosted by OpenTopography. It is designed for advanced users seeking to download large amounts of data quickly and who have the bandwidth, expertise, and software necessary to manage the gigabytes of data available. We expect that users accessing bulk data have the ability to automate downloads from the command line via tools such as wget, curl, or a download manager such as DownThemAll

Each dataset directory contains all of the point cloud data for a given data collection and are typically organized into tiles (e.g., 1 km2 tiles) and provided in the lossless LASZip format for download efficiency. When possible, a README file in the directory describes the dataset organization and other important information. Metadata for all datasets can be accessed via the OpenTopography Metadata page and users should consult the collection survey report for additional information on data organization, file naming conventions, coordinate systems, etc.

By accessing data via OpenTopography you agree to acknowledge OpenTopography and the dataset source as specified in the dataset metadata and on OpenTopography's data acknowledgement page in publications, presentations, and other materials produced using these data.

Jemez River Basin Snow-off Lidar Survey

High-resolution Lidar survey covers the area of 722 km2 which includes the Valles Caldera (upper part of the Jemez River basin) and Frijoles Canyon, New Mexico. The data collection was jointly funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP), Bandelier National Monument/National Park Service (BNM/NPS) and United States Geological Survey (USGS) and performed by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) during a snow-off season (June and July 2010). The dataset contains point cloud tiles in LAS format, 1 m Digital Surface Model (DSM) derived using first-stop points, 1 m Digital Elevation Model (DEM) derived using ground-class points and 1 m hill shade dataset derived from DEM. This dataset, together with the snow-on Lidar survey performed in March and April 2010, are being used to estimate snowpack, vegetation biomass and distribution, and bare earth elevations to help better understand and quantify ecosystem structure, geomorphology, and landscape processes within the Critical Zone Observatory.

These options allow users to describe and keep track of their jobs. Information entered below is recorded along with other job parameters in your personal lidar Job archive accessed via myOpenTopo (available only to registered OpenTopography users).